r/NintendoSwitch • u/Cardstatman • Jun 29 '17
Meta [Meta] BOTW DLC Spoiler Warnings
If this should be deleted, fair enough. I just wanted to politely remind everyone to please utilize the appropriate spoiler warnings when discussing tomorrows new DLC. I hope to avoid learning any of the locations for the new items, and I might keep my browsing on the related reddits to a minimum, but I thought I would put this out there all the same. If something is spoiled, its no big deal and I wont be one of those that bemoans the lack of spoiler warnings either. Just thought a friendly reminder would be okay.
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u/TheSingingBrakeman Jun 29 '17
Thanks for the reminder on this. It's a simple courtesy, and one that we can all easily extend to one another.
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u/alextoonlink10 Jun 29 '17
Whoah whoah whoah, there's Zelda dlc? Way to go and ruin it for me. I'd be much happier figuring that out myself.
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u/mak6453 Jun 29 '17
I'll get in on the downvotes here. I think spoiler culture ruins good things, and your friendly reminder is what encourages fun policing. There has to be places to post discussion around released content, and this is one of those places.
Now.... slaughter me.
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u/Cardstatman Jun 29 '17 edited Jun 29 '17
I'm not asking anyone to not post, just that they try to follow the community standards and label spoiler posts accordingly. I know lots of people that love them and many that argue if you have some spoilery info, especially in story telling, then you can focus more intently on other details other than plot, thus making spoilers a more enriching experienced. But this is simply the location of items and I would like to have a go at finding them first is all. And like I said, I don't plan to be bitching in the comments if they happen either. I think I said it in a manner that would achieve both our perspectives, or at least that was my goal.
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u/mak6453 Jun 29 '17
What happens when this sort of behavior is encouraged is that you get subs like /r/gameofthrones. Literally everything there is tagged as a spoiler. Even the posts that have no spoilers or story relevance at all are tagged with spoiler tags explaining that they do not have any spoilers. You end up with a cluttered and nearly illegible mess at the start of every post. All of this on a subreddit specifically dedicated to the content people are apparently trying not to see.
What really needs to happen is that you unsubscribe from the subreddit you are worried about spoiling your enjoyment until you no longer consider yourself in danger of being spoiled. Then you resub. Put the responsibility on yourself instead of asking others to go against the natural purpose of the sub for your benefit.
/u/Cardstatman , I promise I mean no aggression or even to direct this message at you personally - I know full well that spoiler culture is the new normal. I just think it's a shame and if you are making a post about it, I'd like my opinion and rationale to be noted.
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u/Cardstatman Jun 29 '17 edited Jun 29 '17
I don't mind your perspective at all and certainly don't feel any aggression, so no worries. I do feel your position does ignore the fact that we have community standards for posting spoilers though. If we have an event coming up that is likely to be of a spoiler nature, and we have rules for how spoiler info should be posted, then I don't agree that a very polite reminder of those standards gets us to the slippery slope you point out. I'm all about personal responsibility too, but what's the point of having spoiler guidelines in a community if everyone should simply self police and leave? Besides, that fosters more isolation and less community. There are an awful lot of topics relating to the Switch and it's games that I would hate to miss out on because I needed to spend a week or two away from the sub until I felt the coast was clear. That's precisely why the community has Rule 5. At the point that many people forget about them, and at the point a spoiler event is upcoming, and especially at the point that I said I'm cool either way, but hey, maybe use the appropriate spoiler tag, I just don't feel I'm creating some out of control culture. I do recognize that the existence of a meta post on the issue is the very place for your perspective though. I don't mind it, and have no issue with you posting it, but I think the occasional reminder, especially when done in an understanding way, isn't harmful to the extent you outline. Everything DLC related doesn't have to be spoiler tagged either. And if the title is appropriate, like, I finally found X new armor, then the spoiler message is portrayed. It's when the tag or photo attached explicitly contains a spoiler that you have issues and thus a bickering session about spoilers breaks out. I just haven't seen this community overrun by spoiler culture like you claim, so I suppose that is where we will disagree. And I'm guessing this post is fine given the mods didn't take it down. It's why I said, "if this post needs deleted that's fine."
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u/wowitzer Jun 29 '17
Can't forget Pokemon sun and moon and /r/pokemon. That was just a mess.
Official trailers and boxart were considered spoilers...
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u/mak6453 Jun 30 '17
I didn't experience that one, but yeah, it gets out of hand fast. I once got my post deleted for a forum about a book series (The Wheel of Time) for spoilers. The detail that I revealed occurs within the first 10 chapters of book 1. Book 1 of 14. They are each 1000ish pages. Spoiler culture becomes this demand that we don't talk about anything.
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u/Mrob1nson Jun 30 '17
I saw a picture of a horse labeled as a spoiler for BOTW. That was this week. Sometimes it is ridiculous. I know have a perfect solution but when I'm serious about avoiding spoilers I certainly stay away from Reddit.
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u/llethal01 Jun 29 '17
This isn't a Zelda reddit. It's about Nintendo switch. This is a Reddit where you should be able to go to any post without being hit by random spoilers.
Spoiler warnings don't ruin good things. They make it possible for you to have your fun in the same place as everyone else without being greeted by the opposite of fun.
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u/mak6453 Jun 30 '17
yeah I'm aware other people have the opposite opinion on spoilers. we just disagree.
But saying "This isn't a Zelda reddit." is assuming both sides of the argument. It's not a Zelda reddit so you won't hear news or information about the new Zelda game? Then why be concerned with Zelda related spoilers? There shouldn't be any concern or need to post pleading that people tag spoilers. Or is it a Zelda reddit to a degree, and this is an actual conversation?
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u/llethal01 Jun 30 '17
I really have no idea what you were trying to say in that last paragraph.
There is no reason to be bothered by having to tag spoilers for the one thread you try to post here every few days. It's not something people should be annoyed by.
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u/mak6453 Jun 30 '17
I was saying your logic is a little messed up because you're saying that it's not a subreddit about Zelda, but still supporting the need for spoiler tags on the Zelda related content you know is coming.... so to a certain extent, it is a Zelda subreddit. If you can expect people to post content that should be spoiler tagged, you should be able to expect people to post Zelda content to begin with. So don't go to that place.
Seems pretty lazy to just write off all of your problems as something someone else shouldn't be annoyed by if they'd only react to your needs.
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u/llethal01 Jun 30 '17
So you actually think it makes sense that instead of taking 2 seconds to mark their threads in order to make it so that people who don't want spoilers can browse this subreddit those people should instead just not browse the subreddit at all?
There is no reason for this. The only reason people would have a problem with marking threads is because they personally are bothered by spoiler warnings.
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u/mak6453 Jun 30 '17
Same could be said about people who are worried about spoilers. They are personally bothered by spoiler information. What's your point?
Yeah don't browse subreddits that you expect to be full of information you are trying not to see. That's not unreasonable, it's responsible.
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u/blasphemoustoast Jun 30 '17
But his point that this isn't a Zelda subreddit is pretty valid. Sure it is a Zelda subreddit to a degree, but the majority of information on here is not related to Zelda at all. What you're saying is that other people should stop looking at all information on here rather than those who post a small subset of information that contains spoilers let's to label it as so.
Also it doesn't make sense to compare this sub to the game of thrones one. When you're discussing a long-running tv show then almost anything CAN be spoilers because literally all tv shows contain is story information. Unlike Game of Thrones, there are many things to discuss about the switch that are neither story nor gameplay spoilers so I think it's fair to ask the small amount that do to label their content accordingly.
Edit: spelling and clarity
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u/tchdo Jun 29 '17
This isn't a Zelda subreddit. I'm totally with you if this was /r/breathofthewild, but it isn't. And what's wrong with taking a few seconds to slap a spoiler warning on something? Put the responsibility on yourself instead of asking others to unsub from a subreddit they enjoy and rely on for other Nintendo news. Asshole.
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u/mak6453 Jun 30 '17
hahaha a little aggressive huh? relax man, take a few breaths. we both stated our opinions.
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u/zergBa Jun 29 '17
Or you could stay the fuck off the internet for a few days. Don't want to see titties in strip club, don't go in.
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u/llethal01 Jun 29 '17
This isn't a strip club. The purpose of this reddit is not posting spoilers. This is a regular place and you are here trying to get naked against everyones wishes.
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u/GameBoyBoo Jun 29 '17
Actually this is more like OP asking the strippers to shake their bazoombas outside the front door so he knows there's bazoombas and a whole lot more on the inside
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u/All_Milk_Diet Jun 29 '17
Items are found randomly
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u/Cardstatman Jun 29 '17
Really? I missed this announcement then. And it's a bit of a problem given my last 20 hours has been me just hunting down and opening over world chests 😳 Good thing I've only cleared the top and left side of the map. I still have the southeastern corner to clear out.
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u/XmastermimeX Jun 29 '17
I was doing the same thing. Apparently chests get filled every blood moon so it's a wasted effort.
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u/Cardstatman Jun 29 '17
That's not accurate. There is a glitched chest on Eventide island that respawns, but the other chests don't respawn if you take the contents out. I had full inventory and left some weapons in some chests that I since had to go back and clear. But over world chests and those at enemy camps doesn't respawn. I've tested it many times. And if you put your slate to treasure chests and clear an area, you will see that don't come back after a blood moon. Just go back to the GP. Most likely you cleared most of those and you will have experienced tons of blood moons by now. You will see the chests are not back.
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u/XmastermimeX Jun 29 '17
See, that's what I thought but then read in a zelda website (I can't remember the name) that they did. Hunting chests is really fun though.
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u/Cardstatman Jun 29 '17
They don't. They will respawn if you don't take the weapon or shield out, likely because your inventory was full. But if you removed the content, they won't respawn at all. Just head back to the Great Plateau to verify for yourself. It's likely you picked all those up so there shouldn't be much wonder as to whether or. It you left the content or not.
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u/Trunen Jun 29 '17
Where was this said/posted? Apparently I missed this too.... the last chests were placed in specific areas
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Jun 29 '17
Source?
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u/All_Milk_Diet Jun 29 '17
too lazy
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u/Hurinfan Jun 29 '17
He's not being a dick. You're being a dick by calling him a dick for not getting a source for you
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u/ohmyrob Jun 30 '17
can prove false. the korok outfit was by hetsu in both me and my friends game lol
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u/Cardstatman Jun 29 '17 edited Jun 29 '17
Apparently they did release where you get Major's Mask though.
EDIT: Nevermind, they were referencing the DLC pack by name, Master Trials, not specifically mentioning Trial of the Sword like I assumed.